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^I really enjoyed The Othello Syndrome too. Did you pick up on the Magenta references in their music? Both Rob Reed and Tim Robinson perform on that album and Martin Rosser has been on several Magenta albums. It kind of sounds like a hybrid of VDGG and Magenta to me.

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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

^I really enjoyed The Othello Syndrome too. Did you pick up on the Magenta references in their music? Both Rob Reed and Tim Robinson perform on that album and Martin Rosser has been on several Magenta albums. It kind of sounds like a hybrid of VDGG and Magenta to me.

Yes, I noticed the similarities to the Welsh bands Cyan and Magenta too. Magenta are one of my all-time favourite bands, so it's almost a given than I'd also like The Othello Syndrome. 
I like a whole spectrum of Welsh bands, including:- Badfinger; Budgie; Man; Quicksand & Super Furry Animals, and not forgetting the moody and magnificent Charlotte Church! Thumbs Up



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Coming up next:- I'll be Digging Deep into the discography of The Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time, who'll be Raising the Roof and generally raising merry hell where No Quarter will be given, leaving us all Shaken 'n' Stirred. Can you guess who it is yet? Tongue
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Carroll O'Connor??
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Coming up next:- I'll be Digging Deep into the discography of The Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time


Really?
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Carroll O'Connor??

Worzel Gummidge, I think...
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Coming up next:- I'll be Digging Deep into the discography of The Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time


Really?
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Not my words..... Robert Plant was voted "The Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time" by the readers of Hit Parader magazine back in 2006. Personally speaking though, my obvious choice would be Ronnie James Dio (The Mighty Elf), but I think Joey Cerisano (Who!??) is the greatest metal vocalist of all time. You can hear him raising the roof on Blue Oyster Cult's album "Imaginos" where he performs just one almighty rock anthem on the album: "The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria" - which should surely win an award for longest song title of all time. Smile



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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Carroll O'Connor??

Worzel Gummidge, I think...
A good guess. I can definitely see the resemblance in the picture above. Tongue
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Not my words..... Robert Plant was voted "The Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time" by the readers of Hit Parader magazine back in 2006.

We'll indulge you, providing you don't make any 'Big Log' jokes....  Stern Smile
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Not my words..... Robert Plant was voted "The Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time" by the readers of Hit Parader magazine back in 2006.

We'll indulge you, providing you don't make any 'Big Log' jokes....  Stern Smile
I'll try and resist the temptation, although I have been known for some pretty corny jokes Now and Zen, which come to me as easily as falling off a Big Log. Wink



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3 stars 1998: Robert Plant & Jimmy Page - Walking into Clarksdale - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_meQrgIpBO8mni1IvOdjCmKTdpcIPczPfQ
4 stars 2003: Robert Plant - Sixty Six to Timbuktu (compilation) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfHHvsfmntBe5SG0b6guIGMthuRHRdgKY
3 stars 2007: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n26idMTElR7rkBWIQCR2YaUa3el0f6_wE
3 stars 2014: Robert Plant - Lullaby... and the Ceaseless Roar - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKgVaBPetTFxRGcLJiGo1pEFu1hojyzZ4
3 stars 2021: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKBZRPrjyBWA5JHTsnqlP5yB_Cq32J6tY

 


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Quantum Sphere - England's answer to Dream Theater! The only thing missing are the rip-roaring vocal talents of James LaBrie. Smile
 
3 stars 2011: Quantum Sphere - The Space Adventures of Pyjama Boy -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE98E310D9D8B49E5
 


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Paul Roland: an underground singer-songwriter from the dark ambient world of Gothic Rock who emerges from the crypt every now and then with the release of a new album. Between 1996 & 2004, he took a seven-year break from dabbling in the black magic arts of diabolism and raising the dead for the rather more mundane task of raising two young children. Smile

3 stars 1980: Paul Roland & Midnight Rags - The Werewolf of London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPUPYZAQydNwfFvPyzuWwaaHEs43UdjAQ
4 stars 1987: Paul Roland - A Cabinet of Curiosities - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi8tFhzZIVMVWS520D0igkA5QlRFAXNi8
 
 The last track from the last album.....
 


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John Williams, Francis Monkman, Kevin Peek, Herbie Flowers & Tristan Fry, collectively known as Sky! 
Who needs a singer in the band when you have a top class line-up of classically-trained musicians like this!? Smile





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^^ always enjoyed a bit of Sky, Paul...perhaps for sentimental reasons, their debut always remained my favourite, especially for the fabulous 'Where Opposites Meet', which I think my favourite track of theirs.. I have been meaning to revisit their discography in due course.  Cool
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^^ always enjoyed a bit of Sky, Paul...perhaps for sentimental reasons, their debut always remained my favourite, especially for the fabulous 'Where Opposites Meet', which I think my favourite track of theirs.. I have been meaning to revisit their discography in due course.  Cool

Sky may have been short on inspiration for album titles, but their first four fabulous albums inspired me to go out and buy them on both vinyl and CD. They were the original Crossover Prog band, thirty years before I even knew the term existed. Sky's Five Live album is my favourite overall, although admittedly, I only listened to their last four albums for the first time this morning. As you mentioned though, the epic "Where Opposites Meet" on Sky 1 remains their magnificent magnum opus! Clap
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Coming up next are a band who perform a delicate balancing act between Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Funk Rock & Progressive Rock. Can you guess who it is yet? Wink
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3 stars  1972: Trapeze - You Are the Music, We're Just the Band - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n--4CKk8kTzV0GDp2Bf8rC7jznqwB_vPw


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Proving once again the principle that prog is very much alive and kicking in 2022 comes the Venus Principle! Thumbs Up
 
4 stars 2022: Venus Principle - Stand in Your Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLToXWne2Bk-ch0r7eagY-lUge6QxABcwW
 
Look out for the Steven Wilson look-alike in the video below. Wink
 
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It's hard to believe these three magnificent masterpieces of Symphonic Prog are all the work of just one extraordinarily talented musician: Andrew Marshall. Clap


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